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Nebraska (19-5) vs. Northwestern (10-14) Series Game Thread

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5 minutes ago, brfrad said:

Why does this coaching staff shift so much? Just cost us a run as we had a tailor made DP ball go right where the 2b should have been.

Numbers man numbers.

 

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13 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Numbers man numbers.

 

College is such a small sample size.  Unless there is a senior who has 500 + PA, there is no need to get cute.  I feel we just shift because there is a certain hitter up.

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More loud outs in the 8th.  Stone flies out to deep center.  Carey tattoos one right to the 2nd basemen.  Find a way to finish this off and the fortunes should turn for the bats.

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Why does this coaching staff shift so much? Just cost us a run as we had a tailor made DP ball go right where the 2b should have been.
I wish that the shift would be outlawed like it is in the Majors.

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9 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

I wish that the shift would be outlawed like it is in the Majors.

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I actually wish it wasn't outlawed in the Majors.  I think hitters need to go the other way.  It is tougher to make it effective in college.  Pitchers in college are just trying to throw strikes.  They are not worried about pitching it to a place where the hitters are going to pull the ball.  Hitters are trying to put the ball in play.

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Even though Sears didn't have his best stuff out of the gate, he and Coach Childress eventually found something that was working and stuck with it. For him to get thru 7+ with the way he started is pretty amazing. Even though he's pitched better, he showed why he's the staff ace yesterday. Impressive.

 

For us to face 1st and 3rd no outs, 2nd and 3rd no outs, bases loaded no outs, and bases loaded one out in 4 different innings and give up no runs in those spots is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. And we continued our ability to score runs with 2 outs. This team clearly has the clutch gene that we've been missing the past couple of years.

 

Need to get the bats going today, as it's going to take some runs to get the sweep. Doubt our pitchers will be that fortunate with getting out of huge jams the next two days - law of averages has to catch up to us at some point. NW is pesky, so they're going to stress Christo today. Need him to stay in the strike zone consistently - limit the free passes - or, even better, let the offense go to work and get him a big lead.

 

 

EDIT: Just how crazy was our ability to get out of jams on Friday? Boyd's World has compiled actual analysis of each team's chance of scoring at least 1 run in certain situations from 8000+ college games from 2023.

 

  • 1st and 3rd, no outs - 85.9%
  • 2nd and 3rd, no outs - 85.9%
  • Loaded, no outs - 84.6%
  • Loaded, 1 out - 63.7%

 

We should've given up 4-6 runs or even more in those spots, instead we put up a 0. Crazy.

 

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